San Francisco 2025 — MakeFashion Edu

Where: Ulloa Elementary School, San Francisco, California, USA
When: February 28, 2025
Theme: “American Icons”
Season book: Read the book

MakeFashion Edu’s first San Francisco runway was led by the school’s Black Student Union (BSU). Over six weeks of lunchtime sessions in the makerspace, BSU designers each chose an American icon. They built a pair of wings to symbolize that person, then “iconized” the wings with lights and electronics. They also ran the show themselves: a student MC, a DJ and audio-visual team, a light manager and student photographers. “American Icons” walked from the back of the auditorium to the stage at the school’s Black History Month assemblies on February 28, 2025.

Gallery

Student as Bessie Coleman in a brown aviator jacket with fleece cuffs and a flying cap with goggles, hands at the collar Student as Harriet Tubman in a dark buttoned jacket and a deep red headwrap, a line of purple LEDs glowing down the front Student as Neil deGrasse Tyson in a white shirt and a vest covered in glowing planets Student as Barack Obama in a dark suit lit with blue LEDs, standing on the auditorium stage Student as Barack Obama on stage beside a scroll framed in blue LEDs that reads "was the 44th president of the United States" Student as Kamala Harris in a bright pink pantsuit Student as Kamala Harris smiling in a pink blazer with red LEDs glowing along the lapels Student as Naomi Osaka in a white tennis dress, holding a racket and wearing a visor that glow with green LEDs Two students side by side, one as Naomi Osaka with a light-up tennis racket and visor, the other in a red and white varsity jacket Student as Mae Jemison in an orange astronaut suit with a helmet lit from inside by colored LEDs Close-up of a student as Mae Jemison in an orange NASA suit, rainbow LEDs glowing inside the helmet visor Student as Ruby Bridges in a pink dress and white cardigan, waving a pennant and carrying a glowing red lunchbox Student as Marley Dias in a cream sweater lit with rainbow LEDs, holding her book Marley Dias Gets It Done framed in blue LED strips Two smiling students, one in a pastel sweater dotted with LEDs and one holding the book Marley Dias Gets It Done framed in blue LEDs Student as Kendrick Lamar in a red hoodie with an American flag pin and a cap rimmed with glowing red LEDs Student as Tyler, the Creator in a white T-shirt and orange cap, reaching out on stage Two students on stage shaking hands, one in a white T-shirt and cap and one in a black hoodie